verklempt

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /fəˈklɛm(p)t/|/və-/    美 /fɚˈklɛm(p)t/|/vɚ-/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Overcome with emotion, choked up. US,colloquial
    — Ferklempt Without You—Very pretty, sexy, fun, active, Jewish, 35, ad exec seeks handsome, funny guy for love and happiness. It'll be like buttah!
  2. Flustered, nervous, overwhelmed. US,colloquial
    — […] I noticed that Mom could barely hold a fork, write, walk, get up, sit down. She was verklemmt. Vermischt. More Yiddish words that mean what they sound like.

词形变化

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词源

Borrowed from Yiddish פֿאַרקלעמט (farklemt, “depressed, distraught; choked up”). The English spelling was influenced by the German prefix ver- corresponding to Yiddish פֿאַר־ (far-). German verklemmt (“uptight”, literally “jammed”) is formally cognate, but semantically unrelated; a closer match is beklommen (“anxious, despondent”). Popularized by a 1990s sketch comedy series.
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